PORTLAND, Ore. — Easterseals Oregon will lay off a dozen staff members due to "ongoing uncertainty" about the U.S. Department of Labor's job program for low-income, older adults, the nonprofit ...

Goodwill, Easterseals and other nonprofit organizations say thousands of low-income seniors could soon be unemployed because funding hasn’t come through for a decades-old federal job training and ...

The Senior Community Service Employment Program provides low-income people ages 55 and over with a paid opportunity to train for work. The program, known as SCSEP, was created in 1965 through the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Oregon nonprofit is facing a round of layoffs and froze its senior job program amid a delay in federal funding — which could be “devastating” for the communities they serve ...

Senior job-training program faces potential elimination in 2027 federal budget proposal. A 2025 funding freeze disrupted services, leaving tens of thousands of seniors without income. Congress has ...